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Tim Bray talks about Persona
- AndrewDucker 13y agoI think he has a very good point about the verification. It is completely pointless Mozilla flying a big flag about how amazing it is that Persona is decentralised while it is absolutely tied to Mozilla servers. Once the verification is decentralisable you can make the case that any remaining centralisation is because Google/Microsoft/Whoever aren't hosting their own IDP. But at the moment them doing so wouldn't make it decentralised - because Mozilla are still told about every single site you visit. But at the moment it makes them look hypocritical.
- wmf 13y agoI don't see why you can't do your own verification today, although you'll have to track future protocol changes.
- jessaustin 13y ago"Decentralisable" is a good word to use, because Persona already is that. Whether a particular application is actually decentralised is up to the relying party (RP). They can post a quick query to Mozilla, or they can do slightly more work and do the verification themselves.
- ozten 13y agoHere are a few clarifications and an answer https://ozten.com/psto/2013/08/29/fc4-persona-questions/ https://ozten.com/psto/2013/08/29/fc4-persona-questions/